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Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery (usually credited as Bruce Montgomery) (2 October 1921 – 15 September 1978), an English crime writer and composer known for his Gervase Fen novels and for his musical scores for the early films in the Carry On series.
- David Whittle
- 2007
Edmund Crispin wrote nine novels in the Gervase Fen series, followed by an anthology of short stories under the pseudonym Edmund Crispin, a name that the author derived from “Hamlet, Revenge” by Michael Innes.
Aug 12, 2022 · Music composer Bruce Montgomery (1921-1978), who as Edmund Crispin wrote eight glitteringly witty and amusing detective novels between 1944 and 1951 (as well as, with Geoffrey Bush, a fellow composer and the alleged son of detective novelist Christopher Bush, the classic short story “Who Killed Baker?”) is the subject of a now fifteen-year ...
- Curtis Evans
Edmund Crispin. Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of (Robert) Bruce Montgomery (1921-1978). His first crime novel and musical composition were both accepted for publication while he was still an undergraduate at Oxford. After a brief spell of teaching, he became a full-time writer and composer (particularly of film music.
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- September 15, 1978
- October 2, 1921
Edmund Crispin has 131 books on Goodreads with 46545 ratings. Edmund Crispin’s most popular book is The Moving Toyshop (Gervase Fen, #3).
Nov 16, 2021 · Last month marked the centenary of the birth of Edmund Crispin, the nom de plume of Bruce Montgomery (1921-1978), one of the most precociously gifted but unfairly neglected of all 20th century English crime fiction novelists.
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by Edmund Crispin. 3.72 · 326 Ratings · 39 Reviews · published 1979 · 17 editions. Amateur detective and Oxford don, Gervase Fen, wit…. Want to Read. Rate it: Gervase Fen, a professor of English in Oxford, England: The Case of the Gilded Fly (Gervase Fen, #1), Holy Disorders (Gervase Fen, #2), The Moving Toysho...
